Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-14
The Bodies Embalmed.


van, q professional embalmer Of Boston,
accompanied by DR.. ]. j.. Morrison, Chas.
Hager and g. A. Saunders, embalmers
OF this city, went to the undertaking es-
tsbiishment, at 400 Milwaukee avenue,
to prepare for the burial OF the bodies OF
Spies. Fischer and Parsons. The body
OF Spies was embalmed first, aud turned
over to his mother, who took it to her
home late in the evening.
Judging from the appearances of the
bodies, said Prof. Sullivan to a reporter,
sthe hanging of these men was a thor
onghly scientific piece OF work, / did
not witness the execution, and, my.judg-
ment upon the skill with which it is
managed, ts based upon my observation
of the appearances of the bodies which /
am now working upon. Yes, Engel was
the only one OF the four whose neck was
broken. The other three choked Eto
deata,l
AS soon as the coffin lid had been adj
justsd, Fischer's body was lowered and
prepared for incasement. His long neck
showed a blue.black line of discoloration,
with a slight co~agulation under tho left
ear. Engel's body was warm, although
his hands. showed great discoloration.
The strain on his handouts had been go
severe ms to imhed the lyons In the flesh,
The somewhat frail form of Albert Par
sons was easily handled. Over a spotless
undershirt he wore a new suit of dark
blue flannel. 1t is given out that $500
has been offered for the clothes which
Parsons wore at the hanging. The body
OF Spies was removed at ten minutes be-
fore 2 Pollock, and the others were deliv-
cred d few minutes later.
The Bodies.
CHICAGO, Nov. 12.-After the bodies Of
Engel and Lingg had been embalmed
they were placed in plain, unpretentious
cofiins, and taken to the residence and
store Of Mrs. Enget. Hundreds of friends
Of the dead men filed into and out of the
little shop, and took q last look at the
faces. At one end OF the store Mrs. En-
gel sat with eyes red with Weeping, and
her face shrouded In d black veil.
Eda Mueller, too, sat beside the
easkat which held alIsthat remained on
earth Of her lover. Her face was pale as
death, and she sobbed convulsively as the
sympathizing friends filed in aud ont.
Further up Milwaukee avenue, III 500, is
an undertaker's shop where the bodies of
Spies Parsons and Fischer were cared
for. Mrs. Parsons was the most notice
able person there. She sat with her back
to the window through which a hundred
eager, curious eyes peered. A woman
clothed in black, with face covered
by 9 heavy veil, held Mrs.
Parsons hands. This was Mrs. Van
Aanat, mother of Spies proxy wife,
and she was as deeply affected as the an.
archistse wives. a small. bowed figure
sat alone In q corner on a low stool. 1t
was Mrs. Spies, Augustus mother. Her
head was. buried in her hands, and they
were almost in her lap. She rocked to
and fro in an agony Of grief, strangely at
variance with the action of Mrs. Parsons,
who sat bolt upright and looked toward
where the body of her husband lay. Her
eyes We're fixed in q stony stare. They
were large and lustrons, but seemed to-
have lost the power Of weeping. She sat
with a hand clasped in that OF the
woman next to her, her lips moving as
though muttering some resolve, the thin,
peaked, dark features peering from be-
hind the mass OF crepe and looking as
though there was something in the fu-
ture to anticipate.